On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 19:30 -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: > > I remember > how one supposed professional (blessedly out of my life now) wasted 20 > minutes in a tool-search meeting calculating how much "creative" time he > would waste if it took him 2.5 seconds to toggle between his IDE and the > Perforce GUI. I wanted to say "WHAT ABOUT MY DAMNED TIME IN THIS MEETING, > BOZO?" but of course, I am far too professional for that. Yes. And mature. > Far too mature. >
Yes, very mature. ;) That's funny in a sad sort of way. Considering Perforce is actually a command line version control system, if the guy had an IDE that was worth a crap, he could have extended the IDE to include the Perforce commands he wanted to use. I can do this with any of the IDEs I use. The Sun IDE has a plug-in for Perforce (which I use), Code Forge is extensible, Understand has both a pair of APIs and the ability to add tool bar buttons for user commands, and Eclipse is extensible. These are not all UNIX-only IDEs either. What I laugh at is those that insist on remaining "old school" because they think it's better than using the IDE or GUI tool, when in actuality they are slower at many tasks than they are when they use the IDE or GUI tool. (Example: Typing in a complicated grep command instead of using something like Understand where the answers can be found and browsed in a matter of seconds.) I've found many of these types will talk about all the negative things about a given GUI tool without ever even trying it out. I've been known to use GUI and command line tools together, whichever one will help me complete my task faster. I also like to try things people recommend as time permits because I might find (as I have in the past) that I actually like them better than whatever I've currently set my mind on. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
